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Rob Chandler is a reliable and creative professional freelance photographer living in Thunder Bay Ontario, on the northwestern shore of Lake Superior. Rob's style of photography is more photojournalistic rather than a structured "studio" approach and he was a member of the Professional Photographers of Ontario (LPPO) for several years. Some of his most interesting projects are a result of contract assignments received from out of town clients.
Rob uses Canon digital SLR cameras with Canon's professional L series lenses to capture the best image possible and also attends seminars to keep up with new ideas and trends in photography. A wide range of photographic services are offered such as: aerial, architectural, community events, commercial photos, environmental portraits, industrial sites (ie. underground mining), musicians, sports and sporting events (alpine skiing, dragon boats, figure skating, ice racing, wakeboarding and motocross competitions), scenics and more.
We have developed a portable photographic studio that produces the same quality of photographs as a conventional studio, without the inconvenience of client travel. We cover a large geographic area from Kenora/Atikokan in the west to Nipigon/Marathon in the east and Geraldton in the north.

- A little bit of history -
It seems like Rob has always had a camera. He started with a Kodak Brownie as a youngster and ended up with a darkroom in his parents basement. Rob moved to Northern Ontario in the late 70's and bought his first 35mm camera, it was a Konica 35mm AF (this camera might be "special", it was the first auto-focus 35mm camera and used a range finder setup for focusing). The little Konica served him well until his interest in photography took a serious turn in January 2001 when he purchased a Canon Rebel SLR with a couple of basic lenses. It didn't take long until the photo bug took hold and 6 months later he replaced his consumer-grade lenses with Canon Professional lenses (their L series). Using Pro lenses on a consumer camera did attract some attention from "really serious" photographers, his usual reply was "it's the lens that makes the picture, the camera simply exposes the film". Since then he's won or been runner-up in a few photo contests, remained with Canon equipment, acquired more "L" lenses, switched to digital and earned his Professional Photographer designation (LPPO). Rob was a member of the Professional Photographers of Canada - Ontario from Spring of 2004 until December 2010. It seems that very few of our customers know anything about or are interested in the qualifications needed to become a member of the PPO / PPOC and the annual fees of almost $1000 can be put to better use elsewhere.
Rob's life before photography revolved around computers. He started out playing with an IBM 360 mainframe while in high school. The computer interest continued throughout high school and into College where he worked part-time in the computer department while enrolled in the Computer Programmer Analyst course. Between 1981 and 2005 he was involved in a wide range of computer technology projects culminating in his position of Head of Operations for the local Public Library. His increasing interest in photography probably arose as a creative outlet, being able to escape to the outdoors and get away from technology (at least until digital photography arrived). Computers and cameras, who would have thought that combination of interests would merge into what we're using today. This entire website including the custom PayPal interface, photo protection system and custom PhotoShop webgallery templates were designed and written by Rob using HTMLPad Pro.
During Summer 2007 Rob started thinking about using remote radio controlled helicopters for aerial photography projects, instead of hiring full-size aircraft. He joined the local Radio Control club in October 2007 to further investigate this idea and learn to fly r/c helicopters. After discovering the legal and technical requirements involved in using r/c helicopters for commercial activities, he decided to stop developing his home-built aerial photography system, began investigating commercial UAV systems and eventually purchased Draganfly's X6 system. On October 1/09, Rob's new aerial photography venture "Air2You" was launched.
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